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Marge Madness continues! The first episode of Zombie Marge was a big hit! So I’ve been barricaded in the zombie-proof bunker working on more. Not many behind-the-scenes secrets to reveal for this episode. Marge will be spending some time just knocking around the cemetery, getting to know the locals. Now she has a scruffy dog to look after. It’s only the second strip and I’ve already resorted to fart jokes. But there’s nothing funnier than a flatulent dog. I know, I have three of them.
The strip itself was designed to be rearranged into a
standard comic book page. Once a year’s worth of strips are complete, they will
be collected in comic book form, including monster oriented ads, letters and
other surprises.
Comic convention season begins for us on March 24 for the
Lexington Comic & Toy Show. We will be handing out Zombie Marge trading
cards to promote the strip. We will also be selling the latest issue of SHAM Comics,
the all-romance issue. I’ll post some convention reports next week.
In two weeks, stop by again for the next installment of
Zombie Marge’s adventures, when she discovers that living in a cemetery is not
as glamorous as it sounds.
Until then, embrace the zombie apocalypse!
Love Grubworth and Pootsy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Christina. One talking creature in the strip is enough, so Pootsy will act like a real dog. But watch him in the backgrounds. He will always be doing something he shouldn't be. Just like my dogs.
ReplyDeleteTim,
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool - the comic looks great. You are really putting some time into the rendering - and it shows! I worked for a while on the internet animation series called Zombie College - I am amazed that artists continue to find fresh ideas for these old lost souls. I am looking forward to the new misadventures.
Thanks, David. I'm having loads of fun doing this strip. I have to keep a notebook handy at all times to get the story ideas down when they come to me.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, when we were all working on Twelve-Way, Daryll and I had several discussions about whether or not to use Zombie Marge in the book in case the whole zombie came to and end. We were concerned that it would all be over before we could publish the book. Some of my more exagerated claims, that there would be zombie TV shows, have come true. The Walking Dead is one of the highest rated upper cable shows on at the moment.
Whatta ya mean, ya almost didn't have me in yer stupid book? I'm a G.D. institution! You wussies better get used to the fact that us living-impaired Americans are here to stay. And we have rights too. Ya have to admit, we're less obnoxious than those "Occupy" wingnuts! I'll come occupy yer skull!
ReplyDeleteYou're off to a great start, Tim! Love the characters, Marge is wonderfully obnoxious.
ReplyDeleteOBNOXIOUS!! Whatta ya mean obnoxious?! I'm one catch phrase away from being a beloved cartoon icon!
ReplyDeleteTim, I love everything about the strip, from the cantankerous characters to the lyrical simplicity of style in the rendering of the backgrounds. This should be made into a major motion picture!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pam. I can see this as a cartoon. It could come on right after Spongebob!
ReplyDeleteBootsy and I are proud to have our surname used as a charaster in such a top shelf comic strip!
ReplyDeleteTim, we need a new Zombie Marge T-Shirt!
That's a great idea! I'll look into it. I would have to be something like Cafe Press, where I don't have to be in charge of sending things out. I already have an idea for a ZM coffee mug.
ReplyDeletePootsy looks deader than the average dead dog. Guess he will suit Marge just fine.
ReplyDeleteI love the caretaker's description of the dog!
ReplyDeleteRed.